The world ranking of the happiest and unhappiest countries has been published, by Time Out Reports.
The pandemic has had a lasting impact on the way we communicate, the way our jobs are structured, and the way we travel. But it also turns out to have some pretty significant and long-lasting effects on our mental health.
The Global Mind Project’s fourth annual State of the World Mental State report, conducted by Sapien Labs, reveals just how miserable we’ve all become since 2020, and the results are startling.
The latest study involved 419,175 people from 71 countries who responded to an anonymous online survey. The assessment aims to identify the Individual Mental Health Quotient (IMH), which assesses 47 aspects of mental health in six main categories: mood and outlook, social self, motivation and drive, mind-body connection, cognition, adaptability, and resilience.
In addition, the report collects information about people’s lifestyles, relationship dynamics with family and friends, and personal traumas. Based on their responses, people were assigned a specific score and the results were placed on a spectrum from thriving to distress.
The Dominican Republic came in first with an average bullpen score of 91 out of 300, followed by Sri Lanka with 89 and Tanzania with 88. However, the performance was not so high everywhere. At the other end of the scale is Uzbekistan, with an average GPA of just 48, followed by the UK with 49. Below are lists of the ten happiest and unluckiest countries.
Ten happiest countries in the world:
- Dominican Republic;
- Sri Lanka;
- Tanzania;
- Panama;
- Malaysia;
- Nigeria;
- Venezuela;
- Salvador;
- Costa Rica;
- Uruguay.
The ten unluckiest countries in the world:
- Uzbekistan;
- Great Britain;
- SOUTH AFRICA;
- Brazil;
- Tajikistan;
- Australia;
- Egypt;
- Ireland;
- Iraq;
- Yemen.